In his removal as chief of the Mumbai police today, Rakesh Maria managed an enviable feat - an unexpected twist, so typical of the Sheena Bora murder investigation, which he has frontlined.
Hours after announcing that Mr Maria, 58, was no longer police commissioner, the Maharashtra government said that he would keep charge of the inquiry that has transfixed many for a fortnight. Sources said the government did not want to be seen as staging an intervention in a case that's already commissioned plenty of controversy.
Hours after announcing that Mr Maria, 58, was no longer police commissioner, the Maharashtra government said that he would keep charge of the inquiry that has transfixed many for a fortnight. Sources said the government did not want to be seen as staging an intervention in a case that's already commissioned plenty of controversy.